3.22.2010
100 Years Of Bicycle Posters
Just in time for those nice Summer rides, this large beauty of a book is a great compilation of amazing bike posters. 100 years worth to be exact. Perfect for the coffee table, but if you’re trying to get creative, you can make about 50 framed posters out of this book. Released in 1973, this one is a rare 1st edition. Get it while it’s hot.
Excerpt from preface:
“This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the two machines that have had a profound influence on us. It was roughly in 1872 that color lithography, which made colorful pictorial posters possible, ...
3.18.2010
Freshjive Spring 2010, Part 2
Out now is the second drop of the Freshjive Spring 2010 line. This is the first season that Freshjive will no longer be using it’s logo or name on any of its product, and the second to last season before the completion of its aesthetic mutation.
Highlights this drop include colorful traditional plaid woven shirts, sexual t-shirts that make a mockery of religious symbols, bold stripe pique shirts, a couple cotton spring shorts, and various new t-shirts.
Buy online.
3.18.2010
Graphic Designers In The USA/2
The designer’s field is communication; he makes information richer and clearer by causing the audience to experience it from a point of a view that has never before been contemplated. This is the belief of Rudolph de Harak (born in California in 1924), whose book, poster, and exhibition designs have been seen in Japan, Western Europe, and behind the Iron Curtain, as well as throughout the United States. De Harak is one of the four internationally known designers or design teams whose work forms the subject matter of this book. Each has his own viewpoint, and each viewpoint bears the ...
3.15.2010
Graphic Designers In The USA/1
Obviously some heavy hitting names on the cover of this one—Herb Lubalin, Louis Danziger, Peter Max, Henry Wolf—so we’ll let that speak for itself. All in all, a great book documenting the work of design legends.
Excerpt from preface:
“The problems of the graphic designer are quite different than those facing the artist who deal essentially with the private image. The designer’s work is public and must appeal to the public; his commissions are largely specific; his function is to provide information, entertainment, and aesthetic pleasure.”
$30.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.
3.11.2010
Modern Publicity 1972-73
This book is filled with dope early 70’s design, period. Modern Publicity is an annual survey of the best graphic designs in international advertising and communications. The illustrations in this book were selected from over 7000 entries submitted by designers all over the world. The book contains separate sections on poster design, press advertising, direct mail, trademarks and house-styles, letterheads, packaging, TV and film advertising, new typefaces, and book jackets. Illustrations in b/w and color.
Excerpt from preface:
“Modern Publicity 1972-73 presents an exciting survey of new trends in design and typography, new techniques of presentation and printing, and changes in attitudes ...
3.10.2010
The Steady Machine Show Vol. 1
The Steady Machine Show was contrived by Mestizo of Machina Muerte and Dumbfoundead of Knock Steady with resident in house DJ ZO. The two West Coast heavyweight emcees decided to pull together the extremely odd and the undeniably talented artists of Los Angeles they know and throw them on Reserve Radio to expose audiences to new and unheard forms of music. Expect nothing but the rarest and rawest artists featured on The Steady Machine Show, we guarantee you will never pin point what they are going to do next.
The Gaslamp Killer was a West Coast dirty drum, neck-break beat phenomenon, but ...
3.10.2010
World Problems Blog Re-Launch
Yesterday was the official re-launch of The World’s Got Problems, a hyperlink-rich column of news and analysis, illustrated with digital collage, brought to you by Freshjive and Jason Rosencrantz. The site had been dark for a few weeks, but of course the darkness of the world’s problems continues unabated. In the inaugural post of the relaunch, Jason takes a step back and looks at certain recent developments as they relate to be an underlying problem–the dominant political culture’s selective and variable application of the 14th Amendment and the concept of “personhood”.
The World’s Got Problems
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3.10.2010
Guy Webster for Freshjive Spring 2010
Introducing 2 special edition t-shirts by Freshjive in collaboration with famed rock n’ roll and celebrity photographer Guy Webster. Guy is one of the early innovators of rock photography, having shot covers and billboards for groups including The Rolling Stones, The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Doors, and many more. His long list of celebrities include Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Rita Hayworth, Truman Capote, Candice Bergen, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.
Two images that resonated the most with us are of Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton.
These designs are now available at retailers worldwide and can ...
3.9.2010
Seymour Chwast for Freshjive Spring 2010
Out now are 4 t-shirts in collaboration with Seymour Chwast. He is one of the most important graphic designers of the 20th century and a co-founder of Push Pin Studios. The 4 shirts are images from his vast history of design. The shirts–Terrorist, Bad Breath, Monkey, and War Business–are available at selected retailers world wide, and available direct at http://www.reservestoreonline.com/
Mr. Chwast first gained notoriety in the 1950’s with a playful expressive approach to type and layout based on revivalism, which was a radical alternative to the Swiss formalism at the time. Chwast is noted for his strength in concept and ...
3.8.2010
Design Source Book
Seems like a pretty bold thing to name a book. Either that or just really vague. Whether or not you consider this the design source book, it definitely is full of great designs of all mediums, from “1850 to the present day” (present day being 1989, the year this book was released).
$45.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.
3.4.2010
Modern Publicity 1954-55
Don’t judge a book by its cover. While it may look pretty bleak from a distance, this mid-1950’s edition of Modern Publicity contains some great mid-century design references, which as most of you know was a golden era of sorts for the development of 20th century design. Modern Publicity is an annual survey of the best graphic designs in international advertising and communications. The illustrations in this book were selected from over 7000 entries submitted by designers all over the world. The book contains separate sections on poster design, press advertising, direct mail, trademarks and house-styles, letterheads, packaging, TV and ...
American Poster ‘63